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icarus · Jun 6, 2002, 10:44 PM

D30, 300mm IS. I nearly choked when I saw this!

bkbrod · Jun 6, 2002, 10:49 PM

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHH

Great picture Though.

^ZAJOBA^ · Jun 6, 2002, 11:24 PM

nothing new for me...

I saw plane flying under ~10 bridges one after another... it was in Lithuania. Pilots name is Kairys. good view...

nice picture

Lin Evans · Jun 7, 2002, 7:04 PM

There was probably a little cleanup in the cockpit after that one! Even the best of the duster pilots don't do that unless there is absolutely no other way. Just a clip on the rudder can ruin your whole day. That happened to a friend of mine - one of my old flight instructors who was an ACE fighter pilot in WWII and Korea, then he was flying a Pawnee like this one and clipped a stabilizing wire which the power company had strung up after he had finished work the previous day. He ended up in a body cast for months and it ended his serious commercial flying days. Definitely not something you like to see.

Best regards,

Lin

icarus · Jun 8, 2002, 1:54 PM

Thanks, all.

Lin, you won't believe it, this guy did this time after time. It made me very nervous and I left!

Jimmie · Jun 8, 2002, 4:01 PM

Yep I used to watch them when I was a kid all the time. I knew several crop dusters and some of them are no longer with us....

Lin Evans · Jun 8, 2002, 4:32 PM

Hi Christie,
That's a shame, that kind of flying is just asking for trouble. One gust of wind at the wrong time could put an end to his career. Too bad - I would have left too!!

Best regards,

Lin

MarkM · Jun 14, 2002, 12:21 AM

I used to work for a spraying company (not as a pilot). Only the stupid ones did this. There was one guy that went through two planes in one year! Luckily he wasn't hurt badly. But I helped disassemble his plane in the field and haul it back to the hanger for salvage. Many of the planes have wire cutters on the landing gear...possibly the vertical stabilizer as well.

Good shot! Too bad you can't send it to his boss if he's a contract pilot. :P

icarus · Jun 15, 2002, 10:19 PM

Thanks, Mark. I watched him do this a couple of times and decided to leave. Of course, he was already pretty low to the ground, like maybe 15 feet. Scary. I left.

Rayna · Jun 16, 2002, 4:01 AM

Oh my goodness!! We have some crazy crop dustersaround here but I have never seenthem fly under the power lines! It is pretty typical for power togo out in different parts around town due to pilots clipping thei landing gear on the power lines though........the price we pay for livingin corn country I suppose....LOL

Awesome shot BTW......you have a quick trigger finger there.

Jun 6, 2002, 10:44 PM	#1
icarus Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2002 Posts: 117	Yes, He went under the wires D30, 300mm IS. I nearly choked when I saw this!

Jun 7, 2002, 7:04 PM	#4
Lin Evans Moderator Join Date: Jun 2002 Posts: 1,139	Hi Christie, great catch... There was probably a little cleanup in the cockpit after that one! Even the best of the duster pilots don't do that unless there is absolutely no other way. Just a clip on the rudder can ruin your whole day. That happened to a friend of mine - one of my old flight instructors who was an ACE fighter pilot in WWII and Korea, then he was flying a Pawnee like this one and clipped a stabilizing wire which the power company had strung up after he had finished work the previous day. He ended up in a body cast for months and it ended his serious commercial flying days. Definitely not something you like to see. Best regards, Lin

Jun 8, 2002, 4:32 PM	#7
Lin Evans Moderator Join Date: Jun 2002 Posts: 1,139	That's just nuts.... Hi Christie, That's a shame, that kind of flying is just asking for trouble. One gust of wind at the wrong time could put an end to his career. Too bad - I would have left too!! Best regards, Lin

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Jun 6, 2002, 10:49 PM	#2
bkbrod Junior Member Join Date: Jun 2002 Posts: 6	AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHH Great picture Though.

Jun 6, 2002, 11:24 PM	#3
^ZAJOBA^ Junior Member Join Date: Jun 2002 Posts: 4	nothing new for me... I saw plane flying under ~10 bridges one after another... it was in Lithuania. Pilots name is Kairys. good view... nice picture

Jun 8, 2002, 1:54 PM	#5
icarus Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2002 Posts: 117	Thanks, all. Lin, you won't believe it, this guy did this time after time. It made me very nervous and I left!

Jun 8, 2002, 4:01 PM	#6
Jimmie Member Join Date: Jun 2002 Posts: 98	Yep I used to watch them when I was a kid all the time. I knew several crop dusters and some of them are no longer with us....

Jun 14, 2002, 12:21 AM	#8
MarkM Member Join Date: Jun 2002 Posts: 32	I used to work for a spraying company (not as a pilot). Only the stupid ones did this. There was one guy that went through two planes in one year! Luckily he wasn't hurt badly. But I helped disassemble his plane in the field and haul it back to the hanger for salvage. Many of the planes have wire cutters on the landing gear...possibly the vertical stabilizer as well. Good shot! Too bad you can't send it to his boss if he's a contract pilot. :P

Jun 15, 2002, 10:19 PM	#9
icarus Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2002 Posts: 117	Thanks, Mark. I watched him do this a couple of times and decided to leave. Of course, he was already pretty low to the ground, like maybe 15 feet. Scary. I left.

Jun 16, 2002, 4:01 AM	#10
Rayna Junior Member Join Date: Jun 2002 Posts: 18	Oh my goodness!! We have some crazy crop dustersaround here but I have never seenthem fly under the power lines! It is pretty typical for power togo out in different parts around town due to pilots clipping thei landing gear on the power lines though........the price we pay for livingin corn country I suppose....LOL Awesome shot BTW......you have a quick trigger finger there.